This is Fresh Air contributor Anne Marie Baldinado.

I talked with actor Colescola about their hit Broadway play, Oh Mary.

Cole plays an unhinged, alcoholic Mary Todd Lincoln, who's an aspiring cabaret performer.

If that makes no sense, that's part of the point.

You can find my interview on the Fresh Air podcast.

WBUR Podcasts, Boston.

I can't imagine doing something outside of education, and so I think that this is where I belong.

A lesson in not losing faith from the National Teacher of the Year. It's Monday, May 26th,

and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR. I'm Chris Bentley. Today is Memorial Day.

So today on the show, we're taking a break from the news.

We'll hear how vocal play, like the warm-up exercises you might hear singers do before a performance can help reduce stress.

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And then just sit in the residue of that vibration.

Also, maybe you've got a red solo cup in your hand

at your Memorial Day barbecue.

Well, have you tried stacking it?

How cup stacking went from fad to phenomenon and actually changed some people's lives.

You had, you know, kids who build up massive followings on YouTube.

You had kids traveling overseas and even just at these tournaments.

I mean, you'd have a family from

suburban Texas making friends with a family and kids from South Korea who'd never been to America

for the first time. But first, the school year is coming to a close, and we wanted to take a moment

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